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Multifocal gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) with lymph node metastases in children and young adults: a comparative clinical and histomorphological study of three cases including a new case of Carney triad.
Diagnostic pathology - 10 Jun 2011
Otto Claudia, Agaimy Abbas, Braun Alexander, Rädecke Jochen, Hoeppner Jens, Illerhaus Gerald, Werner Martin, Kontny Udo, Haller Florian
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BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most frequent mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract usually occurring in the 6th to 7th decade of life, while their occurrence in children is rare (1-2%). Carney triad (CT), a non-hereditary association of gastric GIST with pulmonary chondroma and/or extraadrenal paraganglioma, is an even much rarer disease (to date ~120 cases reported...
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